Fay Ferguson, left, and McGhee Williams Osse, co-CEOS of Burrell Communications. (Photo/Burrell Communications) Looking to shore up support among African-American voters, the Hillary Clinton campaign recently hired Burrell Communications, a Black-owned marketing firm, according to NBC News. The Chicago- and Los Angeles-based company is owned by veteran advertising and marketing professionals McGhee Williams Osse and […]
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Students Protest at Towson University as Part of Nationwide ‘Student Blackout Movement’
Students at Towson University in Baltimore County led an eight-hour protest at university President Timothy Chandler’s office Nov. 18, which ended after Chandler agreed to address the student’s demands. Members of the group, as well as some local Baltimore media, tracked the event as it happened, posting videos and messages to social media sites like […]
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‘Up Da Hill’ Gang Member Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy
Baltimore – A member of a well-known Cherry Hill gang will serve over five years in prison for racketeering conspiracy committed as part of the group, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announced Nov. 18. The defendant, 27-year-old Clarence Shipley, was sentenced to 70 months in prison, followed by three […]
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Official: 3 Syrians with Fake IDs Detained in St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (AP) — Three Syrians traveling with fake Greek passports have been detained in the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Maarten, authorities said Saturday. The public prosecutor’s office said the Syrians were detained Nov. 14 and that the investigation is continuing to determine their identities and how and where they obtained the fake […]
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Former U.S. Defense Sec. Compares White Racism Addressed by ‘Black Lives Matter’ to Republican Syrian Refugee Issue
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen recently equated the disparate news coverage of terrorist attacks in African and Middle Eastern countries compared to Paris, France, and controversy over Syrian refugees to the Black Lives Matter movement. President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with national security leaders to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, […]
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Shirley Chisholm & Willie Mays, Among Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Pioneering politician Shirley Chisholm, Major League Baseball’s Willie Mays, and former NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson. (AP and Courtesy Photos) Pioneering politician Shirley Chisholm is one of three African Americans among the 17 individuals who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom during an award ceremony at the White House Nov. 24. The Medal is […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Friday, November 20.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Some of the top news stories of the week from the pages of the Baltimore AFRO American with managing editor Kamau High. Also, our recurring guests known as, “The Mod Squad,” Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network report on Baltimore politics and law enforcement, including […]
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Experts: Black Studies Programs Facing Campus Challenges
DETROIT (AP) — Protests by University of Missouri Black students that forced the school’s administration to address racism and other problems mirror efforts decades ago that led many majority White schools to create African-American studies and other programs. In this Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, photo, attorney Naomi Oglesby poses for a photo in her office […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, November 19.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says, `no’ to Syrian refugees and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake says, `yes.’ We’ll examine the Syrian refugee crisis through the lens of the GOP and Democratic parties. Plus, Baltimore mayoral candidate and state Senator Catherine Elizabeth Pugh sits down for an interview. These stories […]
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Artistic Teens Take Up Residence at the White House
Andre Massey, 14, from the Deep Center arts program in Savannah, Georgia received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Nov. 17 from First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2015 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards. (Photo by Cheriss May, Howard University News Service) Growing up, André Massey early on lived with a […]
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BCCC Forms Taskforce to Examine Causes of April’s Unrest
Gordon F. May, BCCC president, said the college will get to the root cause of the events of April. (Courtesy Photo) Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) President Gordon F. May, recently announced a city-wide task force to examine the root causes that led to the April 2015 unrest that resulted in the arrest of more […]
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Black College Fund, CIA Vow to Create More Agents of Color
Johnny Taylor Jr., president of The Thurgood Marshall College Fund, is looking to recruit more Blacks to the CIA. (Courtesy photo) The Central Intelligence Agency and a national organization that financially helps students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) announced on Nov. 14 they are working on a plan to increase the number of […]
